Supercritical carbon dioxide as solvent for the copolymerization of carbon dioxide and propylene oxide using a heterogeneous zinc carboxylate catalyst
โ Scribed by Donald J. Darensbourg; Nicole White Stafford; Takumi Katsurao
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 313 KB
- Volume
- 104
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1381-1169
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โฆ Synopsis
Supercritical carbon dioxide was found to be a suitable substitute for halogenated organic solvents in its copolymerization with propylene oxide. The system was studied utilizing a heterogenous catalyst, zinc glutarate. The polymers were analyzed for selectivity in polycarbonate linkages by 'H NMR spectroscopy and for molecular weight by gel permeation chromatography.
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## Abstract To enhance the catalytic copolymerization of CO~2~ and propylene oxide catalyzed by zinc glutarate, the influence of trace of water, ethanol, and propanal on the catalytic activity, the resulted copolymer structure, and the molecular weight and molecular weight distribution of the copol